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Bosch announce takeover of TeleAlarm
The Bosch Group has acquired the TeleAlarm Group based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The contract was signed on September 29, 2006. It was agreed that the purchase price would remain undisclosed.
STUTTGART/LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS – The TeleAlarm Group is a leading European provider of social alarm and nurse call systems. These products are primarily installed in the homes of people being cared for, in retirement and care homes, in sheltered accommodation facilities and hospitals. In 2005, the company achieved sales of EUR 10 million with a workforce of around 70. The TeleAlarm Group carries out the bulk of its production in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland and has sales offices in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
"Acquiring TeleAlarm has allowed us to strengthen our product range of social alarm systems. At the same time, we are expanding our product portfolio to include nurse call systems," said Uwe Glock, head of the Security Systems division. 6750 associates at Bosch Security Systems helped the company to achieve sales of around EUR 1 billion in 2005. The portfolio includes intrusion and fire alarm systems, video surveillance, access control and communication systems. The division is represented in more than 40 locations throughout Europe, America and Asia.
TeleAlarm is a leading provider of social alarm systems - 70 associates help achieve sales of EUR 10 million with Sales offices in five countries .
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Vital Signs Monitoring Emfit's New Integrated Bed-Exit Alarm and Non-Body-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring
Emfit's DVM™ (discreet vitals monitoring) technology accurately measures basic physiology (e.g. heart rate, respiration) passively, from below patient's mattress, without the use of electrodes, leads, cuffs or canula. It is a versatile system that can be used for various notification, monitoring and trend tracking needs in establishment such as hospitals, elderly care, mental care and prisons.
The unit is equipped with two wired inputs and one wired output along with the normal functions such as radio neck pendants, smoke detectors, fall monitors etc.
The inputs are used to attach wired accessories like a wired smoke detector and/or a wired push button or ceiling pull cord.
The output is normally used to control an accessory like lighting up a lamp or releasing a door lock
